SATURDAY ROUNDUP: Hotz, Van Sickle reach milestones in Huron win

HURON — Reece Hotz recorded her 2,000th career assist and Adelyn Van Sickle tallied in 1,000th career dig during Huron's 25-16, 25-13, 25-16 sweep of Perrysburg on Saturday. Hotz finished with 23 assists and VanSickle led the defense with 19 digs. Mya Smith registered nine kills and three blocks for the Tigers (16-3) while Jada Foster lined eight kills. Riley Harkelroad added 10 digs, seven kills and three blocks. Hotz contributed 14 digs for Huron while Jenna Cox picked up 12 digs. Division I Perrysburg fell to 14-6. The Tigers have won 10 straight matches. Huron begins the last week of the regular season with a big match at Bellevue on Tuesday. The Tigers are 6-0 in the Northern Ohio Conference Bay Division and can clinch the title outright with a win over the Lady Red (15-4, 5-1). Huron hosts Vermilion on Thursday before traveling to Bishop Hartley on Saturday.SMCC 3, Sandusky 0 SANDUSKY — The Panthers swept Sandusky 26-24, 25-12, 25-23 in non-league crosstown action. Finley Karr led SMCC (9-10) with 28 assists while Ella Brownell registered 19 digs. Reid Didion added 11 kills and nine digs, Khloe West added nine kills and nine digs and Evelyn Shafrath lined seven kills. Ashland 3, St. Paul 1 NORWALK — In a matchup of state-ranked teams four divisions apart, Ashland topped St. Paul 25-16, 25-23, 19-25, 25-20 in non-league action. Since losing in four sets to Norwalk on Aug. 22, the Division III state-ranked Arrows (20-1) have won 20 straight matches. For the Div. VII No. 6 Flyers (15-4), Ella Kalizewski had 11 kills, four blocks and seven digs. Annie Friend had 28 assists and six digs. St. Paul needs a win at Crestview (16-4, 9-3) on Tuesday or a win over New London (4-16, 2-10) on Thursday to clinch the Firelands Conference title outright. Norwalk sweeps tri-match LEXINGTON — The Truckers swept a pair of matches in non-league play, defeating Lexington (8-12) and Shelby (12-8). Norwalk, which improved to 14-6, is 5-1 in the Northern Ohio Conference Lake Division. The Truckers visit Tiffin Columbian (9-11, 2-3) on Tuesday. With a win, Norwalk can do no worse than a share of the league championship. The Truckers are tied with Perkins (14-4, 5-1) after the two teams won on the other's home court. The Pirates visit Clyde (8-12, 2-4) on Tuesday and host the Tornadoes on Thursday to finish their league slate. TENNIS Clyde's Farrar, Guhn runners-up PORT CLINTON — Clyde senior Kenzlie Guhn and junior Ariah Farrar made it to the district championship match at Port Clinton High School, but came up just short. Guhn and Farrar opened the day with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Ottawa Hills seniors Olivia Stumbo and Loreno Guardia. In the Division II championship match, Lima Shawnee's Lila Brennan and Alivia Mack defeated Guhn and Farrar 6-1, 6-3. In the semifinals, Brennan and Mack defeated Port Clinton's Shantha Weit and Jae Mazur 6-1, 6-4. Weit and Mazur bounced back to topple Stumbo and Guardia 6-1, 6-3 in the third-place match. In singles action, St. Mary Central Catholic's Rae Roth lost in the semifinals before winning her third-place match. Tiffin Columbian's Leah Weingart again got the best of Roth 7-5, 6-2. Roth then defeated Lima Shawnee's Riya Naroor 6-2, 6-0. The state tournament begins Thursday in Mason. CROSS COUNTRY Smelcer wins at Huron HURON — Perkins senior Joel Smelcer kept up his winning ways, taking home the individual crown at the Huron Invitational. Smelcer crossed the line in 15 minutes, 11 seconds. Fremont Ross' Bentley Lopez was second in 15:34. The Little Giants won the team title with 47 points while Huron was runner-up with 114. Perkins took seventh with 150. Port Clinton (184) was eighth and Danbury (238) was 10th. Charlie Simpson was fourth for PC, finishing in 16:39. The Tigers were paced by Logan Kerstetter, who was 10th in 17:02. Graham Bartzen took 15th (17:36) to lead Danbury while Huron's Jude Elliott was just behind him in 16th (17:39). On the girls side, Huron's Laney Schlessman (18:32) and Rylie Towns (18:49) took second and third, respectively. Just like the boys race, Fremont Ross (27 points) won with the Tigers (33) in second. Perkins finished sixth with 145 points. Huron clogged the top 12 spots. Claire Putnam took seventh (19:50), Andrea Lesnak was 10th (20:03), Sasha Fry finished 11th (20:07) and Leah Kohlmann took 12th (20:34). Huron's Allison Kohlmann was 14th in 20:45 while Perkins was paced by Lillie Price, who was 18th in a time of 21:42. BOYS SOCCER Perkins 6, Central Catholic 3 TOLEDO — Titus Normington-Slay scored four goals and added an assist as the Pirates won in non-league action. Kannyn Henson and London Keller each scored once for Perkins (9-4-1) while Whitten Hart had two assists. Max Zess made four saves in goal for the Pirates. Amherst Steele 7, Vermilion 0 VERMILION — The Sailors dropped to 5-9 with the non-league home loss.